The Senate Impeachment Court is ready to hear the legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte start its cross-examination of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Senior Agent John Mark Calilung today, Wednesday, July 8. This, after the House prosecution panel presented Calilung as its first...
Whether or not there 's a possibility that the impeachment court would not follow a future ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), Impeachment Court spokesperson Reginald Tongol said the matter falls within the plenary powers of a co-equal branch of government. "However, as we have seen before, the...
The Senate impeachment court rejected the move of Vice President Sara Duterte’s legal team to exclude the first witness presented by the House prosecution panel in the impeachment trial. This, after the prosecution team presented its first witness on the second day of the vice president’s...
Senator Loren Legarda said she is bringing her veteran experience in the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Legarda, a four-term lawmaker, is one of only two senators with three experience, having taken part in the impeachment proceedings against President Joseph...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano did not hold back from expressing his frustration in the ongoing trial of Vice President Sara Duterte when he led the Senate Impeachment Court into an opening prayer at the resumption of the impeachment proceedings on Tuesday, July 7. The former Senate president, who...
Vice President Sara Duterte arrived at the Senate on Tuesday, July 7, for a scheduled meeting with her defense team, but will not personally attend the second day of her impeachment trial . Duterte said she would remain “blooded but unbowed” amid what she described as a political assault...
Vice President Sara Duterte arrived at the Senate on Tuesday, July 7, for a scheduled meeting with her defense team, but is not expected to personally attend the second day of her impeachment trial. “The VP is coming, but she’s only here to have a meeting with us. She will not be attending the...
The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said it is ready for the prosecution’s presentation of witnesses and evidence as her impeachment trial enters Day 2 on Tuesday, July 7. Defense spokesperson Michael Poa said the camp had expected the prosecution to begin presenting its first witness...
After delivering a forceful opening statement that framed the case as a test of constitutional boundaries, due process, and the prosecution’s burden of proof, lawyer Sheila Sison is expected to remain a central figure in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial as proceedings resume on...
The spokesperson for the Senate impeachment court on Monday, July 6, clarified why Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian and Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero are seated together at the rostrum during the impeachment trial, saying the arrangement reflects their distinct...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano called on the Senate Impeachment Court on Monday, July 6 to allow Senators Rodante Marcoleta and Jinggoy Estrada—who are both detained for plunder cases—to attend Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. Cayetano said both senators should be allowed to...
The Senate Impeachment Court on Monday, July 6, ordered the return of a sealed box containing the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, ruling that the documents are not yet under the court 's custody and have not been admitted into evidence. Impeachment...
